Vehicle endgate



' Feb. 21,1939. G, BULlCK' 2,147,627

VEH I OLE ENDGATE Filed April 8, 1957 12 azwziah Patented Feb. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VEHICLE ENDGATE Frank G. Bulick, Worthington, Minn.

Application April 8, 1937, Serial No. 135,809

1 Claim. (01. 29652) This invention relates to an endgate for use l the two thicknesses of the plate are extended in connection with wagon bodies and the like, an at right angles, one thickness terminating in a object being to dispense with the use of rods or wing ll mounted on the outer side of the endcleats such as commonly employed for holding gate 2 while the other thickness merges into a 5 endgates in position and to provide a simple, comrearwardly extending shoulder H? which laps the 5 pact and efiicient means whereby the endgate adjacent edge of the endgate and then merges can be securely but removably held in proper into a wing l9 extending along the inner surface position without the employment of any separate of the endgate. The two wings are joined toparts likely to become misplaced, such as rods, gether and to the endgate by bolts 20 or the like 0 etc., or the employment of cleats which tend to extending therethrough. 10 become clogged and interfere with the placing of One of these plates is attached to each side the endgate. portion of the endgate and the wings, as shown With the foregoing and other objects in View in Figure 1, can be so shaped as to clear the openwhich will appear as the description proceeds, ing 3. The shoulder portions H! are spaced apart the invention consists of certain novel details of such a distance as to fit snugly between the wings 15 construction and combinations of parts herein- 8 on the side walls of the wagon body or box and after more fully described and pointed out in the the angular projecting portions of the folded claim, it being understood that changes may be plates I! are proportioned to fit within the slots made in the construction and arrangement of IS as well as within the tubular portions 5. parts without departing from the spirit of the It will be apparent that when it is desired to 20 invention as claimed. remove the endgate, it is merely necessary to slide In the accompanying drawing the preferred it upwardly. This will withdraw the portion 16 form of the invention has been shown. from the tubular portions 5 so that the endgate is In said drawingthus entirely free from the wagon body. When Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a Wagon box or it is desired to place the endgate in secure posibody provided with an endgate such as constitutes n at th e d of t bo y, it is merely necessary 25 the present invention. to lower it so that the portions l6 and I5 will slide Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the downwardly within the portions 5 and the slots parts shown in Figure 1, said section being taken 13 until the endgate is ultimately seated on the on the line 2-2, Figure 1. floor of the wagon body. 30 Referring to the figures by characters of refer- Obviously with this type of connection it beence l designates the side walls of the wagon comes unnecessary to use guide and holding cleats body or box and 2 designates the endgate which, such as commonly employed or to use rods or in the present instance, is provided with an outlet similar devices which are easily misplaced. The

opening 3 which can be closed normally by a connection shown and described is very simple, 35

hinged door 4. compact and efiicient and will not readily get A folded plate is attached to each of the side out of order. walls I. This plate includes an intermediate por- What is claimed is:

tion 5 bent to form a tube of double thickness, the The combination with a vehicle body, of folded 4o inner thickness 6 merging into an angular shoulplates straddling the walls of the body and having der portion 1 which abuts against the adjacent folded portions projecting beyond the ends of end of the wall I and then merges into a wing 8 the walls, said folded portions providing slotted which laps the inner side of the wall. The outer tubes of two thicknesses contacting throughout thickness 9 of the tube 5 merges into a wing l0 their areas and a shoulder spaced from the tubes,

which extends along the outer side of the wall I, an endgate seated entirely between the side walls 45 the two wings 8 and I!) being fastened securely of the body, and folded plates straddling and together and to the wall by means of bolts II or secured to the sides of the endgate, each of said the like extending therethrough. It will be noted plates having a folded portion extended therethat the fold 12 of the plate is spaced from the from and shaped to provide a tube of two thickshoulder 1 so as to provide a slot l3 which opens nesses contacting throughout their areas and 50 into the tube 5 as shown. slidable into and adapted to fit snugly within the To each side portion of the endgate 2 is atadjacent slotted tube on the wagon body, the tached another folded plate Hi. This: plate is interfitting tubes on the gate and body being bent at the folded portion to provide an outlocated behind and in alinement with the side standing flange l5 of double thickness merging walls of the body and back of the planes occupied 55 into a rolled portion l6 shaped to fit snugly withby the front and back surfaces of the gate. in one of the tubular portions 5. From the flange FRANK G. BULICK. 

